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Show t i WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS .ID11RNAI NORTH DAVIS I FADFR MAY 20. 1982 By GARY R. BLODGETT FARMINGTON - Davis Countys refuge resource recovery board unanimously Young Kye Thomas doesnt let the fact hes only two years old and the size of that sheep, stop him, as he gives it a bit of dinner as Sunday Thomas and Nate McCord lend their moral support. FEEDING THE SHEEP one-sixt- h Men Drown Classic Run Saturday An estimated 1,000 participants are expected to run in the First annual 10,000 Meter Classic through three northern Davis County cities on May 22. THE 10,000 meter run (6.2) miles is sponsored by the North Davis Chamber of Commerce Association with proceeds to be presented to the Childrens Aid Society of Utah, a statewide organization involved with adoption, foster care and related family-oriente- d charitable services. The race, sanctioned by the Athletic Congress, will begin at 10 a.m. at the Clearfield Shopping Center with the course following through Layton and ending at the Kaysville City Recreation Park. A $5 fee was available for those who prior to May 15 with a $1 extra charge for those registering later. Participants may register on the day of the race beginning at 9 a.m. at the Clearfield Shopping Center. locations include Wasatch Sporting Goods in Layton as well as the offices of the Layton, Kaysville and Clearfield Chambers of Commerce. Registration forms may be obtained by mail by contacting or writing the Layton Chamber of Commerce, 1095 N. Main, Layton. A $50 savings bond will be awarded for the best mens and womens times with all finishers receiving a and certificate. In addition, gift certificates will be awarded to the first and second place finishers in each of the 13 divisions (men 10 and under, 1 and51 and over; women 10 and under; and 40 and over; and a wheelchair special category). 6, 17-2- 9, 30-4- 0, A FIRST-ai- d station sponsored by Davis North Medical Center will be located at Olsen Chevrolet in of Ogden will offer free beverLayton. Coca-Col- a in Kaysville. finish line the at ages The race if open to residents of any Utah county or Hill AFB , but participants under 1 8 years of age must receive parental approval. THE NORTH Davis Chamber of Commerce Association is comprised of chamber units in northern Davis County and Roy with additional representation from other northern county cities not having their own chamber organization. The chairman of the Association is Hersh Ipaktchian, a Layton restaurant owner and civic leader. Two SOUTH WEBER Sunset men were drowned and a third was miraculously rescued last weekend when their raft overturned in the swollen Weber River. THE BODY of James Clyde Clements, 23, was recovered water by from the passerbys shortly after the 3:15 p.m. accident on Saturday. However, the body of Lynn Weston, 25, was not found until Sunday evening, about 10 miles downstream from where the men reportedly put their raft into the river near Horseshoe Bend in Weber Canyon. A THIRD member of the rafting party, Clay Yon, 22, of Evanston, Wyo., was rescued by persons who witnessed the raft being overturned in the river and raced downstream in time to pull the dazed man from the water. Weber County Sheriff deputies said the river was so swollen at the time of the mishap that Clements body was found about four miles downstream and the body of Weston was pulled from the river nearly 10 miles from where the raft overturned. agreed that more facts and figures are needed before a decision can be reached on a proposed garbage burning plant planned for construction in the north end of the county. FIVE PROPOSED plant sites were presented to the board by the site selection committee at its meeting last Wednesday night in the Commission Chambers of the Davis County Courthouse. Woods Cross Mayor Lawrence Urry said the Pond Site near Hill AFB is the number one proposed site by the committee members. Another site north across the street from the number one site is a close second choice, according to Mayor Urry. OTHER SITES include the Cowley property, Wherry property and a site near the south gate of Hill AFB, all located in the Layton area. Mayor Urry said that using a point-systeof "as many factors as possible," the Pond Site adjacent to the base received 68 points. The nearby site across the street, 64 m points; the Cowley site 58, Hill AFB south gate 51 and the Wherry site, 28. I THINK we can rule out the Wherry site because the cost to implement a plant here would be at least $3.5 million more than the preferred site (Pond Site), the mayor said. He also noted that the Hill AFB south gate site would present a serious design problem to make it compatible with the base air traffic patterns, and the Cowley site would require additional land acquisition costs and would be harder to adapt (a plant) than the prefer- red Pond Site. It would also require the longest hall of ash (from the plant) to the landfill site. SOME OF the 17 prere-quisi- ts used by the committee to determine their site selections included: Proximity to Hill AFB which will be the prime energy market for steam produced by the plant; proximity to other potential energy markets; land acquisition costs; availability of water, sewer and storm sewer; impact on Hill AFB vehicular traffic; access to landfill; zoning problems; alternate land uses; multiple use of the sites (including development of parks); impact on traffic patterns of Hill AFB; project costs; and control of the project at the termination contract with the of a vendor (plant developer and operator). MIDWAY THROUGH the meeting, Layton Mayor Lewis Shields, board chairman, asked mayors and councilmen who comprise the board, how they feel about a proposed resource recovery plant. "I have the feeling that some board members are not in favor of the plant and would rather remain with the landfill operations used throughout the county. HOWEVER, board members who said they and their city councils are leaning toward continued landfill operations are doing so because of lack of information about the proposed plant costs. If the plant operation is feasible then we would seriously consider this type of operation, said one mayor. But to date, we don't have enough facts and figures to prove to me that the resource recovery program is the way to 8 go. 1 1 THE BOARD agreed that ,j engineer studies for continued , landfill operations in both north and south Davis County ' should be made within the next 30 to 60 days. North Salt Lake Mayor Robert Palmquist suggested. and the board agreed, that a list of pertinent questions should be compiled and then every attempt made to have these questions answered. "We have got to work together as a county with this study," he r, -- said. THE BOARD also agreed that despite a garbage burning plant facility, it will be necessary to maintain landfill operations in the county since not all of the refuse is combustible and there must be a site for -- burying the ashes (residue from burned materials). Questioned again about the probability of Davis County residents and businesses being able to provide sufficient enough garbage to warrant a burning plant. County En- vironmental Health Director Richard Harvey replied: IM SURE that we do. Surveys have been conducted recently and found that about 357 tons per day are going to landfill sites in Davis County. This should be increased to approximately 400 tons per day by the time the proposed plant is operational in 1985." The proposed plant is designed for 500 tons capacity, but could be expanded to about 750. tons, at autuiedate. Paid That License Delinquent Businessmen Will Be Fined By Council By MARK D. MICKELSEN after which the operators - SOUTH WEBER Doug Barrus, a veteran of the Job Corps system and assistant center director at the organizations Weber Basin Complex, was awarded the U.S. Department of Interior are guilty of an ordinance viola- tion. CLEARFIELD - Local business operators who havent paid their yearly business license fees had better makq a quick trip to city hall, or they may face a stiff delinquent fine. -- THATS THE crux of a decision by the Clearfield City Council whose members have endorsed plans to impose a penalty charge on businessmen who fail to pay annual license fees on schedule. 5 commercial and manufacturing An estimated operations have not paid fees for 1982, City Manager Gayle Starks said. As a result, the city is losing approximately $6,000 in revenues. 60-7- PEOPLE OPERATING a business without a license can be charged with a misdemeanor violation. City Attorney Alf VanWagenen said. Violators pay $300 and face a possible jail sentence as well. In Clearfield, business license payments are due the first of each year. The final payment deadline is February 1, By GARY R. BLODGETT A committee of Concerned Citizens of Utah have joined forces to circulate an initiative referendum in an attempt to stop a move to build satellite prisons throughout the state. THE COMMITTEE is comprised primarily of residents of Weber, Davis and Box Elder counties all of which have priority sites for the proposed facilities. Spokesperson for the citizens .group said 6,000 signatures are being sought in each of Weber and Davis counties. THE BALLOT, she explained, has three proponents that if passed would (1) seek to stop construction of a satellite prison facility in an incorporated city or town; (2) seek to change the law to restrict building new correction centers or halfway houses; and (3) seek to limit the expansion or remodeling of prison facilities ex THE POLICE department is doing a tremendous job of taking care of the ordinance, but they have their back to the wall as far as enforcement, Mr. Starks said. Councilman H. Kay Chandler recommended that the council not handle delinquent customers on a criminal basis. Its not the way to go, he said. INSTEAD, HE said, the city should impose a late those business operators deadline. We dont want superior performance award MR. BARRUS joined the Job Corps in 1965, the same d year the organization was founded. He began working at the Weber Basin site, transferred into other departmental areas in the national organization, and has now returned to the South Weber center where he supervises resident living conditions. fee for who fail to meet the February it (the penalty) to be so tough that we Mr. Starks added, especially get businesses in here so bad. THE COUNCIL agreed to uphold the license ordinance as written. Businesses will have so many days to comply before a penalty is charged. If the license remains unpaid, operators may face closure or a possible court case. Either is a possibility under DOUG BARRUS The prestigious performance award superior was pre cept on property adjacent to the existing prison in Draper. The committee said they agree that prison facilities are overcrowded but that expansion should be done on the state owned 1,000 acres adjacent to the existing prison. signatures, he said. We have canvassing planned as well as booths set up at shopping centers and supermarkets. WE ARE opposed to the satellite program as being too costly and inadequate to meet the needs of the penal system, one committee member said. We want a chance to voice our opposition to the proposed satellite program and one way of doing it is through an initiative petition that would allow the propositions to go on the November general election ballot for a vote of the people. headed by Ken Shulsen, associate warden of the Utah State Prison and chairman of the Board of Corrections committee, has narrowed the selection from more than 60 to only four priority sites. He said a decision should be made by the committee within the next few weeks and the nomination presented to Gov. Scott Matheson for final approval. BUT TO go on the ballot based on population a minimum of 5,768 signatures are needed in Davis County; 6,226 in Weber County; 1,500 in Box Elder County; about 250 in Morgan County; and at least 25,000 in Salt Lake County a total of 60,000 from at least 15 to 29 coun- - Corps one of the finest programs in the Department of Interior. A LOT of people are concerned, he said, that todays civil servants are tent and lazy. incompe- youth-oriente- drive business away, When we are trying to the ordinance. last week. sented by Clifford Barrett, regional director of the Bureau of Reclamations upper Colorado sector, who called the Job And the time is short to gather the necessary door-to-do- AND WITH the June 4 deadline just a couple of weeks away, the site selection committee, THE FOUR priority sites, to date, are located (1) on the north shore of Willard Bay; (2) at 600 North Redwood Rd. in NSL; (3) the Wheeler Farm in west Farmington; and (4) a site in the northwest corner of Weber County. The North Salt Lake location was one of the I resent that, he told a roomful of Job Corps workers, local and county dignitaries. The people who run this program are good. They are not lazy and they work hard. HE COMPLIMENTED Mr. Barrus on 17 years of service to the youth and administration of the Job Corps system and presented him with a plaque from the Department of Interior. The superior performance award is given to those individuals who have shown great service to the organization during their career. IN AN unrelated matter, WBJC officials announced that a contract has been awarded for the installation of a wind power generator at the South Weber center. Energy Coordinator Gordon Christensen said concrete for the base of the windmill-lik- e structure will probably be laid in June. He said the generator will be installed shortly thereafter. Electricity from the windmill will be used to light buildings and some street lamps at the site. original sites proposed by the selection commit- tee but was put on the back burner while other sites were being considered. BUT THIS site is definitely a priority site again, said Mr. Shulsen. The location is in close proximity to Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties which provide by far the largest number of inmates to the State Prison. He said the satellite prison facilities being proposed are designed for a maximum of. 288 minimum-mediu- -- security prisoners and will be considered much the same as the correctional centers and halfway houses now being used. m THE SATELLITE prison concept has proved effective in other states and certainly would be an asset to the existing penal system in many ways, Mr. Shulsen emphasized. The satellite prisons as many as six around the state would cost an estimated $15 to $20 million each to build. They would have a maximum of 288 inmates each. ( 1 |